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Historical Event on 5/18/1974
First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1947	Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
2/22/1997	India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
9/17/1956	Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.
1/2/1979	Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
1/2/1979	Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
10/17/1859	Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.
9/7/1996	First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
12/6/1990	VHP-sponsored 'karseva' in Ayodhya passes off peacefully.
7/29/1876	Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
6/10/1966	MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.

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Historical Event on 5/18/1974 First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.

Historical Event on 5/18/1974
First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.